Fare-box.



H. S. MILLER FARB BOX. APPLIOATION FILED MAB. 9, 1'910.

Patsnted Dec. 13, 1910.

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PARE BOX.

APPLXGATION FILED MAR. 9, 191D.

g5/f YL UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE- HENRY S. MILLER, OF CLEVELAND,OHIO.

FARE-IBOX.

Specication of Letters Patent.

' Patented D ec. 13, 1910.

AOvi'igiiial application filed December 141909, Serial No. 533,515.Divided and this application ledMarch 9, 1910. serial No. 548,135.

. -l'citizen of the United States, residing at' Cleveland in the countyof Cuyahoga and 'y To all whom it moy-commi:

, ,A Be it known that I, HENRY S. MILLER, a

State of hio, have invented a certaln new and useful Improvement-'inFare-Boxes, of

which the followin is a full, clear, and exact description, re erencebeing had to the accompanying. drawings;

Tlus invention relates to faire boxes, ,and

.. lfhasior its object to improve the construction and eiiiciency ofthepreliminary or inspection boxes into which the fare or tickets may, l bedropped.

lVith the above-object in view, the invention may be'dened further asconslsting of 'igthe'combinations of elements embodied in .the claimshereto annexed and illustrated in I vthe drawings forming a part hereof,where` yin-A Figure 1 represents a perspective View of .a fare boxhaving a plied thereto an inspec- V g tionbox constructe 1n accordancewith my lnvention; F1g..2 represents a vertical sec.-

tional view through the inspection box; Fig. 3' is a vertical sectionaldetail of one of the corners of said box; Figs. 4 and 5 are horizontalsectional details of such corners; Fig.

6 is a horizontal sectionalview on the line Oil G-G of Fig. 2; and Fig.'7 is-aperspective View of one of the corners of the box with theconnecting bolt removed.

Describing the various parts of the drawings by referehcecharacters, 1denotes the lcasingof a fare box, said casing being shown as cylindricaland having at its top fthe preliminary receptacle or inspection box 2inwhich the fares or tickets will be deposited by the passengers. Thisinspection box. cpmprises generally an upper dome-shaped casting 3 and afrusto-pyramidal casting 4 having therebetween suit-able spacing cornerpieces, panes of glass being interposed lie- This casting has formedtherewith an innerfrusto-pyramidal chute 6, the bottom of said chutebeing closed by means of y.doors 7. Each door is carried by a suitableshaft 7'l and is provided with a segmental gear 8 at y its outer end.These segmental gears intermesh, and one of the shafts is providedwith asuitable operating handle 9, projecting 'through the base 4, by means ofwhich it may be rocked, rocking the other door simultaneously therewith.Beneath the door 7 there will lbe located a spout suclias showrr'in myapplication N o. 533,515 tiled December 14th,V

provided with a recess 12 extending therearound. The upper portion ofthe castinfr 4 is thickened in like manner and is provide Y with acorresponding recess 13. Thecasting 3 is provided in the thickened part-11with threaded corner bores 14 for the reception of the upper threadedends of corner bolts 15, said bolts being anchored at their lower endsto the cover 5. Angular corner pieces 16 connect the corners of' thecastings 3. and 4 and receive the bolts 15. Each of these corner pieceshas cast therewith, at the top and bottom thereof, an inwardlyprojecting lug 17, 18, respectively. These lugs are so located as tooverhang the lower and upper edges of the upper and lower castings 3and4, respectively, as shown more particularly 1n Fig. 3. These lugsreceive the bolts 15. This construction anchors the corner pieces firmlyto the castings, and the arrangement of the lugs 17, 18 relative to the.castings 3 and 4 prevents the shearing of the bolts by the portion oftheinspection box which is above theasting 4. The space between the upperlower castingsand between the corner pieces is occupied by panes ofglass 19.

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Within the upper portion of the inspection.

box there is located a, pyramidal or tapered deliector 20. Thisdeflector will be supported with the apex in line with the center of.the opening of the hopper 10. The deflector 1s preferab y made ofmetal, the lower edges thereof being beveled toa knife edge, as

shown at 21. For the' purpose of supporting this deflector,the'following construction is provided: Each corner piece 16 is providedwith a pair of spaced lugs 22 through which one of the corner bolts 15extends. notes a pair of flat sheetmet-al strips. Each corner (in theease of a -pyrainidal det'leetor) wlth an elongated slit, enabling thelowerl 'l edges to receive the' Strips 23. The engage used with papertickets,

nient of the. slits with the strips preserves the proper relationbetween the detlector and the surrounding casing,'the whole constructionproviding a practically unobstructed passage 'ay between the detlectorand the adjacent inner surface of the inspection box.

Beneath the detit-ctor 2O is a frusto-pyrainidal or tapered chute 26having a central opening '27. The lower end of this chute isprovidedwwith a knife edge 28. This chute may'.befconveniently supportedby means of' vertical pins 2S) depending from the outer edge thereof andadapted to be inserted into the sleeves 30 formed on the inner ends oflight metal-strips 31,' the outer ends of which are provided each with asleeve 32 similar to 'the sleeves 2l and secured in place between lugs38 similar to lugs 22.

',l`he, inspection box illustrated and de scribed is particularlyefficient. By the ar- [logement of the detlector 20 and chute 2G,

the fares and tickets are caused to pass down into the lower portion ofthe box in Such manner as to be open to inspection by the conductor.rl`he` relative arrangement of the dellector and chute provides atortnous pas: sageway of the fare box by the insertion of a wire orother instrument down through the inspection box. Any attempt towithdraw a wire or similar instrument will be prevented by the. knifeedges cutting tlleieinto.

'bere the fare box is to be used with coins or disks', the lower ends ofthe slits formed in the detlector 2() may be closed or staked againstthe metal strips 23, and no other support will be needed for thedetlector than said strips. When thc-,fare box is to be it is advisableto support the detleetor in such manner that. it, may have a vibralorymovement, thereby dislodging the tickets and facilitating their passagetotbebottom of the. inspection box. For the purpose, of supporting thedellector in such manner as to' secure this result` a post til may besupported b v the intersect- 'ing' portions 25 of the. strips 2?, beingsetlector and the shoulder and 'this arrangement, taken with` theprovision of the knife edges 21 'and 28,- .ell'ectually prevents theJpickingH cured thereto by the screw which passes through the centralportions of the strips and is threaded into the lower end of the post.rl`he upper end of the post is reduced and provided with a thread. Thisreduced portion 3G projects through an opening in the apex of thedetlector and receives atits .upper end a tapered nut 3T. A spiralspring 3S is interposed between the apex of the de- 39. By thisconstruction, the deflector receives' a yielding support which permitsof a limited vibratory movement. of the saine, while the engagement ofthe slits at its lower end with the strips Q3 preserves the. properrelation between the 80 detieetor andl the surrounding easing. Thismanner of supporting the detiector enables itl to vibrate, therebvlpreventing tickets from lodging on the surface.

I'iavin'g thus described my invention, what. 85

Al claim 1s:

l. The combination, with a fare box casing, of an inspection jboxmounted in oper# ative relation thereto, th'e latter box comprising avertically-extending casing 'having 90 an inlet. a defiector` beneathsaid inlet, and i metzl strips extending across said casing, saiddeflector having its lower-.end slitted and supported by said stripswiththe slits ei'igaged thereby. 95

2. In an inspection box, the combination of a casing having a hopper.inlet at 4the top thereof and provided with corner pieces, lugsprojecting inwardly from said corner pieces, metal strips extending'diagonally 100 across said casing and each having at its opposite endsa sleeve adapted to be interposed between said lugs, bolts locatedwithin said corner pieces and extending throughsaid lugs and theinterposed sleeves, and adetlector within said casing having its lowerend slitted to receive said strips.

3'. ln an inspection box, the combination of a casing having an inlet.at the top thereof and provided with spacing pieces, lugs projectinginwardly from said pieces, metal strips extending across said casing andeach1 having at its opposite ends a sleeve adapted to be interposedbetween said lugs, bolts located within said pieces and extendingthrough said lugs and the interposed sleeves, and a deliector withinsaid casing supported by said strips.

4. An inspection box comprising a casing having an openiug'at the topthereof and 120 having below said opening a tapered de.- liector andmeans for supporting said detlector. said means coml'irisiug lugsprojects ing inwardly from said easing, metal strips having sleeves at:their opposite ends, said sleeves being operatively secured to saidlugs, said strips having their webs arranged substantially verticallyat. the outer portions thereof and being connected at. their centralportions, the lower edges of said dellector l l anaperture adjacent tothe apex of the -debeing provided with slits to receive the outerportions ot' said strips.

5. 1n an inspection box, the combination of a casing having inwardlyprojecting lugs, metal supporting members each having at its outer end asleeve, means securing said sleeves i to said lugs, a chute in saidcasing having a central opening, said chute being provided withdownwardly projecting pins, and vsleeves at the inncrends of 'saidsupports adapted to receive. said pins. l

(i. An inspection boxv having an inlet, a tapered delector below saidinlet and having its apex presented toward said inlet, a posthaving areduced portion-projecting through tlector, and a spiral spring on thereduced portion of the post and yieldingly support- 7. An inspection boxhaving an inlet, a

tapered defiector below said inlet and havI ing its apex presentedtoward the saine., strips Fextending across said casing and saiddelector having slits in its lower end adapted to receive 'said strips,a post supported by said strips and having a projection extendingthrough the apex of the detlector, and a spiral spring surrounding theprojecting end portion of the post and engaging the said delector.

8. n inspection box having an inlet, a tapered deflector in the boxbelow said inlet and having its apex presentedtoward the saine, apostextending through the .de--

tleetor, anda spring carried by said post and engaging said deflector.

An inspection box having an inlet opening, a. tapered dtiector belowsaid opening and ,having its apex presented toward said opening,metallic strips extending across the box and intersecting at the centralportion thereof, the lower end of the deflector having slits adapted toreceive said strips, a post supported by the intersecting portions ofsaid strips,vsa1d post havir g its upper portion projected through anLtperture inthe deflector, and a spring surrounding the upper portion ofsaid post and yieldingly supporting the detlector.

l0. An inspection box comprising an upl per and a. lower member, cornerbolt-s conl necting said members, supports anchored at l theirouter endsto diagonally opposite corner bolts, the upper member having an in let,and a tapered delector located below the inlet with its apex 'presentedtoward the inlet and carried by said supports.

tending between said members, the upper member'being provided with aninlet, a pair of supports adjacent to the upper end of the box and eachextending across the box and having its outer ends anchored todiagonally opposed bolts, a set' of 'supports located below the lirstpair of supports 'and anchored to.' the corner bolts, a delectoryieldingly carried by the rs't pair of supports and haviing its apexpresented toward the inlet, and a chute carried by the second set ofsupports.

12. An inspection box comprising an upper and a lower member, the uppermember being provided with an inlet, corner pieces extending betweensaid members, panes of transparent material interposed between thecorner pieces and the upper and lower mem- I bers, bolts located withinthe corner pieces l and connecting the upper and lower members, metallicstrips running from each corner to one of the other corners and havingtheir thin edges turned upwardly, and a tapered deflector arranged belowsaid inlet l and having vertical slits in its lower end receiving saidstrips.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo' witnesses.

HENRY s. MILLER.

. Witnesses:

J'. B. HULL, BRENNAN B. WEST.

ll. An inspection `box comprising an up-t per and a lower member, cornerbolts ex-

